TITLE 14

ESTATES OF DECEDENTS

CHAPTER 5

REVISED UNCLAIMED PROPERTY ACT

PART 12

ENFORCEMENT BY ADMINISTRATOR

14-5-1205.  OTHER CIVIL PENALTIES. (1) If a holder enters into a contract or other arrangement for the purpose of evading an obligation under this chapter or otherwise willfully fails to perform a duty imposed on the holder under this chapter, the administrator may require the holder to pay the administrator, in addition to interest as provided in section 14-5-1204(1), Idaho Code, a civil penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each day the obligation is evaded or the duty is not performed, up to a cumulative maximum amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), plus twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount or value of property that should have been but was not reported, paid, or delivered as a result of the evasion or failure to perform.

(2)  If a holder makes a fraudulent report under this chapter, the administrator may require the holder to pay to the administrator, in addition to interest under section 14-5-1204(1), Idaho Code, a civil penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each day from the date the report was made until corrected, up to a cumulative maximum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), plus twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount or value of any property that should have been reported but was not included in the report or was underreported.

History:

[14-5-1205, added 2024, ch. 27, sec. 2, p. 213.]